Saw this a few weeks ago while out for lunch with Mitch Altman (creator of TV-B-Gone and geek idol). I know Japanese firms aren’t so great with SEO, and the language doesn’t often lend itself to good domains, but this is just ridiculous.
The Well Dental Clinic in Shinjuku might have the craziest homepage domain name ever with www.eeeeeee.jp, but they clearly chose it for a reason: eeeeee.jp (NSFW) is taken by a porn site! I’m sure none of their customers ever go there by mistake…if they even bother to put the domain name in.
Out of curiosity via Bustaname, I found that, in the .com sphere, combinations of multiple e’s are taken (by squatters mostly) all the way up past twenty characters! I’ve had some really good luck in the past with obscure domain names that sold for good money, but this is pushing it a bit.
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I don’t know the reason why they used this domain. But it’s not that ridiculous… just say the “eeeeeeee” … you just put a smile on your face and you are showing all your theeth.
Great campain.
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I don’t know the reason why they used this domain. But it’s not that ridiculous… just say the “eeeeeeee” … you just put a smile on your face and you are showing all your theeth.
That’s a great point if you’re an English speaker, but a Japanese speaker reads “e” as “eh”. They should have made it “iiiiiii.jp” to produce the sound and smile you want!